THE JEWISH SOUTH. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF JUDAISM. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. HERBERT T. EZEKIEL, Editor and Publisher, 826 EAST MAIN STREET. Subscription, $1 per annum, in advance. Single Copy, Five Cents. Advertising Rate, 50 cents per inch. Resolutions and other Reading Notices, 10 cents per line. Entered at the Post-Office, Richmond, Va., as second class matter. A HAPPY NEW YEAR! DON'T FORGET the "8." IFTHE present year has been a bad one be thankful it was no worse, and hope for better things in '9B. If you have prospered return thanks for what you have received. Another place of amusement destroyed and on Friday night, too. This is the third instance of the kind Within a year, and there is nothing superstitious about the fact that on these three occasions Friday was an unlucky day. Unlike the other two tires this one claimed no Jewish victim. Last Friday night was Chris Unas Eve, and wiLh but few exceptions Lhestoresof the Jewish merchants were in full blast until nearly ...

vicious wife's level, and became a disreputable fellow. Hence, you may see, if you choose, that woman can make of man precisely what she pleases; and should I so wish, I could convert you,most puissant 'crown of the universe,' into my servitor, my bondsman, mv slave." With which words Vogele swept from the room, leaving the zadick and Chassidim confounded and mute with astonishment. Rotibcn, realizing the evil he had brought upon his confreres, and endeavoring to put an end to it. intoned Rabbi Luria's mystical song: "May the children of the palace, who are afraid to gaze at the Seir Auphin (microcosm), appear here where the king is present in his image." ********** Shortly after Vogele's first and brilliant triumph, chance led her to a second, still more imposing. It was a stormy spring night. The Jewish quarter was in flames, and the fire spread with frightful rapidity, for the simple reason that the community was destitute of fire-engines and ladders. Some years before a fire com...

of absolute opposites. Were Judaism aught but spiritual, it had not survived the wear and tear of centuries and the constant attribution of friends and enemies. It is not al .vays easy to distinguish between the last two, for its worst enemies are often " wolves in sheep's skins,'' though sometimes unconsciously. We have no right to question the sincerity of the reconcilers, but it is proper that the skin be stripped off and the wolf be brought to view. It is true that Christianity is the daughter of religion — and that we should be on the best possible terms with Christians. But though we mark the points of contact, the points of difference are too striking to be ignored. That Judaism is elastic is its happiest feature, giving no proper room for anathema or excommunication—but there is a limit beyond which too much stretching must break it. We believe that it i. due to the preaching of the doctrine of " human brotherhood," to the exclusion of the individual and special means by whi...

IRicbmonb flews. Mr. David Levy, of Durham, N. C. was in the city this week. Councilman Frank Jacobs, of Norfolk, was in Richmond this week visiting his mother. Messrs. Samuel Newberger and Elias Hanff, of Philadelphia were in the city this week. Miss Sadie Peyser, of Petersburg, returned home Sunday after a pleasant visit in this city. Miss Ida Weinburg, of Petersburg, was the guest this week of her aunt, Mrs. Benno Hutzler. Miss Eiseman, of Baton Rouge, has returned home after an extended visit to relatives in this city. Miss Miriam Rosenheim had a number of her young friends as guests to see the old year out. Mr. and Mrs. L. Demelman, of Boston, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. I. May, returned home yesterday. It is very important that every member of the Beth Ahaba Choral Union should be present at the rehearsal after services this evening. Invitations have been received in this city to the marriage of Miss Franc Riess, of New York, and Mr. I. Louis Peyser, of Petersburg, on ...

handsome gifts were received, which betokened the affection of the donors. Mr. Lowenberg is the senior member of the firm of Lowenberg, Pincus &amp;amp; Co., and is also a member of the select Municipal Council. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lowenberg entertained a number of their friends last Friday night, complimentary to their guest, Miss Beit man, of Wabash Ind. Miss Miriam Umstadter is visiting friends in Baltimore. The members of the " P. S. C." were entertained at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bennett, on Fenchurch street, last Sunday night. Mrs. Samuel Syele, of Richmond, who was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Frank, has left for home. Master Ivan Strasburger, of Washington, I). C, who was visiting his relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Strasburger, Bank street, has left for home. Miss Mabel Hofheimer, who was the guest of relatives in Washington, has arrived home having had a delightful stay. IPoultoff's fUao. By Sachek Masoch. [Concluded from Last Week.] ' She stood ...

THE JEWISH SOUTH. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF JUDAISM. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. HERBERT T. EZEKIEL, Editor and Publisher, 826 EAST MAIN STREET. Subscription, $1 per annum, in advance. Single Copy, Five Cents. Advertising Rate, 50 cents per inch. Resolutions and other Reading Notices, 10 cents per line. Entered at the Post-Office, Richmond, Va., as second class ma THE QUERY propounded by our Roanoke correspondent—"Is it beneficial for Hebrew Sunday schools to give prizes for best scholarship?"—is worthy of careful consideration. It is to be hoped that some of our readers who are interested in the matter will express their views through these columns. WITH THIS issue HE JEWISH SOUTH completes its eighth volume and fourth year. Those of our friends who so kindly encouraged us in the start by prognostigating that fifteen issues would be a liberal estimate of our existence, have still the privilege of stepping forward to extend their congratulations and to renew their subscriptions. R...

Mr. Wolf will shortly publish a sketch of Judah Touro. ■Roanofce, V)a. Mr. S. Levy left last Friday evening for Baltimore and New York on business, also to attend the engagement reception of his brother-in-law, Mr. Heiman Alexander. We were pleased to see in last week's Jewish South news from our neighboring city, Petersburg. Cards are out announcing the engagement of Mr. Heiman Alexander, formerly of Roanoke, but now of Brooklyn, to Miss Leah Marks, of New York City. We extend a hearty maseltoph to our friend and his fiance. Is it beneficial to Hebrew Sunday schools to give prizes for best scholarship? We would, like to hear from some superintendents and Sunday-school teachers. We were pleased to meet Mr. M. Lewis, of Salem, Va., on our streets last Saturday. Come again soon, friend Lewis. A happy and prosperous New Year to all subscribers of The Jewish South, also to its owners and co-laborers in the worthy cause. Gbe Grageo_ of „ejecteo Immigranta In Hew _orft. Never anywhere, wr...

The hall and foyer will be beautifully decorated, and there will be a carefully-selected orchestra of eighteen pieces. An elegant supper will be served in the best style with all the delicacies of the season. Wines of every description will be on hand, which the ladies hope will be well patronized. There will be maids to wait on the ladies in the dressing-room and the ladies' wraps will be well taken care of for ten cents. Everything has been done with the view of pleasing all, and the ladies trust eac'i and every one will lend a helping hand to this worthy cause. The grand promenade will take place promptly at 9:30, and they trust all will be in attendance at this hour. Clever ilbetf placer. The American Chess Magazine, published in Philadelphia .and New York, in a recent number published a picture of young Jacob Billikopf, of this city, with the following comments about him: Jacob Billikopf, a Russian, of about fifteen years of age, who is already an apt and brilliant player, and ...

The society event of the season will be the MarksMoritz nuptials, January eighteenth. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan W. Marcus (nee Green), of New York, while on their bridal tour en route South, visited Norfolk and were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob D. Levy, on Bank street. Mr. S. Hirsch, after a four week's trip to Gordonsville, has returned to Norfolk. Messrs. R. Margolius and Isaac Hirsch have left for a two weeks' trip to Boston and New York. Mr. A. Metzger is seriously ill with pleuro pneumonia at his residence on Fenchurch street. Mr. Charles E. Straus, Jr., of Richmond, was in the city last Wednesday. Miss Martha Morris entertained several of her friends last Wednesday night at her residence on Holt street, complimentary to the visiting young ladies. There will be a german given next Wednesday night (ll)th), complimentary to the out-of-town guests of the Marks-Moritz wedding. Information has reached this city that Mr. A. L. Spandour, who went to Denver, Col., last spring in quest of...

THE JEWISH SOUTH. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF JUDAISM. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. HERBERT T. EZEKIEL, Editor and Publisher, 826 EAST MAIN STREET. Subscription, $1 per annum, in advance. Single Copy, Five Cents. Advertising Rate, 50 cents per inch. Resolutions and other Reading Notices, 10 cents per line. Entered at the Post-Office, Richmond, Va., as second class matter. AS WAS to have been expected, the court-martial-ing of the French major, Count Esterhazy, who, it was alleged, is guilty of the offence for which Captain Dreyfus is now undergoing punishment, resulted in the acquittal of that officer. The decision was reached by virtue of evidence given behind closed doors. Whether or no such an outcome is a vindication of the count's honor we neither know nor care, but it is sad to reflect that this ending of the affair will render hopeless the chances of a re-hearing of the hapless captain's case. THE American Hebrew News, of Portland, Ore., should keep a keen eye on its "contribu...

pen&amp;gt;r kept the coin himself, but this hardly agrees with Napoleon's character. Still it is a current theory that some of the money which enabled Napoleon 111. to reach the imperial throne was found in the lucky silver piece, which his mother, Queen Hortense, had wheedled out of her brother-in-law. "The most likely explanation as to why the fivefranc piece fails to turn up is that Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, a French member of the great Jewish banking house, .secured it. This account states that Baron de Rothschild, having investigated the tradition and found sufficient proof of its truth, deliberately set to work to locate the $1,000,000 note. He quietly bought in and collected every five-franc piece he could get, and his agents were notified to preserve and forward to Paris every five-franc piece which reached them in Europe, Asia, Africa, or America. In his office the Baron kept three trusty men hard at work bisecting the coins. Some say that he had invented a plan f...